Sunday, 8 June 2014

The world's most amazing football pitches – in pictures

As the kickoff for the World Cup fast approaches, we track down the strangest, remotest and most striking pitches in the world, from Tajikistan to Morocco and Greenlandhttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/gallery/2014/jun/08/the-worlds-most-amazing-football-pitches-in-picturesAt 2,000 metres above sea level, the Ottmar Hitzfeld Stadium in Switzerland is Europe's highest pitch. Photograph: Anthony Cullen/Ford Fascinating World of FootballA football pitch in the middle of La Paz, Bolivia. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty ImagesA floating pitch at Ko Panyi Muslim stilt village in southern Thailand. Photograph: Larry Goodman/AlamyA desert pitch near Agdz, Morocco. Photograph: Cultura/RexThe Adidas Futsal Park in Tokyo sits on top of the Tokyu Toyoko department store, high above Shibuyu district. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/FIFA/Getty ImagesMatches in Gibraltar are played in the shadow of the Rock at Victoria Stadium. Photograph: Marcos Moreno/AFP/Getty ImagesA community football pitch in the Sao Carlos favela, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photograph: Tony Burns/Getty Images/Lonely Planet ImageThe Float at Marina Bay, Singapore, is the world's largest floating football stadium. Photograph: Paul Briden/AlamyA football match in Tasiilaq, Greenland. Photograph: Grant Dixon/Getty Images/Lonely Planet ImageA pitch in Tajikistan, with the Himalayas in the background. Photograph: Jean-Philippe Tournut/Getty Images

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Hello, I'm Lisa. I live in a small (ish) village, just outside of Chester over the border in Wales. I live with my husband and two Bull Terriers (think Bill Sykes). I wanted to write about by loves in life, my husband, my dogs, cooking and books, maybe not all in that order!